(A)“I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. (B)Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, “Hear us, my lord: You are (C)a [a]mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places. None of us will withhold from you his burial place, that you may bury your dead.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:6 Lit. prince of God

“I am a foreigner and stranger(A) among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.(B)

The Hittites replied to Abraham, “Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince(C) among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”

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